Innovative Asus Features - Asus Z10PE-D16 Series Manual

PCI Express 3.0
PCI Express 3.0 (PCIe 3.0) is the PCI Express bus standard that providse twice the
performance and speed of PCIe 2.0. It provides an optimal graphics performance,
unprecedented data speed, and seamless transition with its complete backward compatibility to
PCIe 2.0 devices.
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Intel C612 Series Chipset
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The Intel C612 series chipset supports with enterprise class features which is targeted for
Cloud and Storage applications. It is optimized and validated to work with the latest Xeon
processor E5-2600 v3 product family, compared with the last generation, it also reduces the
the target users.
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Intel X540BT2 10GbE LAN controller (Z10PE-D16/10G-2T only)
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The Intel 10 Gigabit Ethernet controller X540 is a dual port 10GBASE-T network interface
controller. It provides bandwidth-intensive applications with highly affordable 10GbE network
ports.
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Intel I350-AM2/BT2 LAN controller
The motherboard comes with an integrated quad or dual port Gigabit LAN controller which
provides a total solution for your networking needs. The onboard Intel
Serial ATA III technology
The motherboard supports the Serial ATA III technology through the Serial ATA interface and
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Intel C612 chipset, delivering up to 6 Gb/s data transfer rates. It also provides enhanced
scalability, faster data retrieval, and double the bandwidth of current bus systems.
Temperature, fan, and voltage monitoring
The CPU temperature is monitored to prevent overheating and damage. The system fan
rotations per minute (RPM) is monitored for timely failure detection. The chip monitors the
voltage levels to ensure a stable supply of current for critical components.
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Innovative ASUS features

ASUS Fan Speed control technology
The ASUS Fan Speed control technology smartly adjusts the fan speeds according to the
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I350 Gigabit controller
Chapter 1: Product introduction
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